Your Business Name: The Freckled Farm Soap Company Your Name: Crystal Neilson-Hall When & how did you get started? Kevin and I have always talked about having a goat farm. It has been a dream of mine since I was a kid! We spent a long time researching the products that we could offer and … Continue reading Meet Your Artisan: The Freckled Farm Soap Company
Your Business Name: Bon Air Naturals Your Name: Leslie Arthur When & how did you get started? In 2003 I graduated from Virginia Tech and was not quite ready to jump into the job market. I convinced my husband John to move away with me to Hawaii for a year where we worked at a … Continue reading Meet Your Artisan: Bon Air Naturals
In our Meet Your Artisan series, we let the vendors own words shine through. So without further ado, meet Gananatha Giri of Shakambhari Devi Herbs. Business Name Shakambhari Devi Herbs My name – Gananatha Giri –When & how did you get started? Years back when the doctors had diagnosed me with kidney failure and said … Continue reading Meet Your Artisan: Shakambhari Devi Herbs
New to The South of the James Market this year is La Bella Vita Bakery owned by Adam, Andrew and Steven Serafim. This small-scale Ashland bakery specializes in artisan breads and desserts made with high quality ingredients. Their emphasis on local markets enables them to produce the freshest baked goods possible without the use of any preservatives. Read … Continue reading Meet Your Artisan: La Bella Vita Bakery
Elizabeth and Elisha Somerville have been gaining fans at the South of the James Market this year with their homesteader herbal salve, Trailblazer Jewelweed Liniment (great for poison ivy!) and other natural skincare products. Read on for a little insight into how and why these savvy homesteaders created their company, Balm of the Earth. 1. When … Continue reading Meet Your Artisan: Balm of the Earth
Goochland-based Flower Child specializes in (extremely popular!) small-batch granola, baked goods and handmade, organic soap and body care. Owner Tonia Wyatt took a few minutes away from baking to share a little more about herself and her business. –When & how did you get started? My whole life I have always had my hand in something creative. … Continue reading Meet Your Artisan: Flower Child
Potter Tamurlaine Dixie McLean Melby of Dixie Pots Clayworks joins us tomorrow at the South of the James Market. She creates functional, hand-thrown pieces for everyday use. She works to make each piece unique and eye-catching through a combination of techniques, including form-altering, slip-trailing, hand-painting and carving. When and how did you get started? I began … Continue reading Meet Your Artisan: Dixie Pots Clayworks
Six businesses new to the GrowRVA markets! Byrd Farm Goochland County Family owned and operated USDA Certified Organic vegetables, strawberries, flowers and herbs. We also offer pasture raised poultry and eggs from happy hens, as well as handcrafted preserves made on the farm by the farmer’s wife. Local, organic and sustainable. Sweet Temptations Henrico County … Continue reading New to the Markets Part 2
We have some new faces at the GrowRVA markets this season. Over the coming weeks, we will be highlighting them here and on our Facebook, Twitter and Instagram pages to help you get acquainted with their businesses. We’ll also be sharing updates on our wonderful returning vendors. Blue Bee Cider Richmond City Virginia’s first and only urban … Continue reading New to the Markets
Mosaic‘s food cart is a new vendor at the South of the James market this season, but Mosaic has been one of Richmond’s best catering companies since 1997. Over the past 16 years, Mosaic has won dozens of awards from Richmond Magazine, Style Weekly, Virginia Living Magazine, as well as national sources. They’re small menu … Continue reading Meet Your Artisan #29: MOSAIC
